聚焦“零负团费”问题——从《旅游法》第三十五条谈起

Focusing on the Issues of “Zero and Negative Tour Expense”

《中华人民共和国旅游法》于2013年4月25日经第十二届全国人大常委会第二次会议表决通过。其最大的亮点之一便在于:在该法第三十五条对旅游业中被诟病已久的"零负团费"等问题作出了明确规定,第一次从法律层面确定了这些问题的违法性并明确了相关处理规定。这部法律自2013年10月1日实施以来,"零负团费"问题得到了迅速遏制。同年12月16日,国家旅游局下发了《关于严格执行旅游法第三十五条有关规定的通知》(以下简称《通知》),对《旅游法》做了首次补充,也将人们的关注点再次集中到"零负团费"等问题上来。本文将聚焦这些问题,结合实际,对《旅游法》及其实施后的影响进行重新思考,从旅行社、旅游者、旅游行业、旅游管理部门等不同角度进行深刻分析、阐释。

On April 25,2013 ,the Second Meeting of the Twelfth National People＇ s Congress voted through ＇ The Tourism law of the People＇ s Republic of China＇ ,where the most remarkable bright spot lie in the establishment of specific provision on long- term being criticized problems in the tourism industry, such as ＇zero and negative tour expense＇ and so forth. Furthermore, it is the first time for the authorities to determine the illegality of these ques- tions from the legal level, as well as clarify the relevant provisions. Ever since its implementation on October 1, 2013 ,problems of ＇zero and negative tour expense＇ have been contained rapidly. Moreover,the National Tourism Administration issued the Notice on the strict implementation of the Tourism Act with the relevant provisions of Arti- cle 35 on December 16 ,which can be regarded as the first supplement of the Tourism Act. In addition ,people＇ s at- tention was drawn on matters like ＇ zero and negative tour expense＇. The study will concentrate on discussing these issues, combined with realties as well as the profoundly rethinking of the Tourism Law and the impacts of its imple- mentation. Additionally, the deep analysis and interpretation will be given from aspects of travel agencies, tourists, tourism industry, and tourism administrative department, respectively.